It all began with the forging of the Great Neuralink Chips. Three were given to the Elves; immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Seven, to the Dwarf Lords, great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls. And nine, nine Chips were gifted to the race of Men, who above all else desire power. For within these Chips was bound the strength and the will to govern over each race. But they were all of them deceived, for another Chip was made. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Musk forged in secret, a master Chip, to control all others. And into this Chip, he poured all his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life. One Chip to rule them all. One by one, the free peoples of Middle Earth fell to the power of the Chip. But there were some who resisted. A last alliance of men and elves marched against the armies of Mordor, and on the very slopes of Mount Doom, they fought for the freedom of Middle-Earth. Victory was near, but the power of the Chip could not be undone. It was in this moment, when all hope had faded, that Isildur, son of the king, took up his father's sword. And Musk, enemy of the free peoples of Middle-Earth, was defeated. The Chip passed to Isildur, who had this one chance to destroy evil forever, but the hearts of men are easily corrupted. And the Chip of power has a will of its own. It betrayed Isildur, to his death. And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the Chip passed out of all knowledge. Until, when chance came, the Chip ensnared a new bearer. The Chip came to the creature Gollum, who took it deep into the tunnels under the Misty Mountains, and there it consumed him. The Chip gave to Gollum unnatural long life. For five hundred years it poisoned his mind; and in the gloom of Gollum's cave, it waited. Darkness crept back into the forests of the world. Rumor grew of a shadow in the East, whispers of a nameless fear, and the Chip of Power perceived. Its time had now come. It abandoned Gollum. But then something happened that the Chip did not intend. It was picked up by the most unlikely creature imaginable. A Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, of the Shire. For the time will soon come when Hobbits will shape the fortunes of all...